Thought this would be interesting to look at- see wha the general public have been watching the most over last year. Gives an insight into what people like, how intellectual the programs we choose to watch are and various other things...
WELL, according to IMDb the most popular TV series from last year are- ( top 5)
- The Walking Dead
- Alcatraz
-Spartacus: Blood and Sand
- The Big Bang Theory
- How I Met your'e Mother..
An Interesting 5! A mix of American comedy shows and action filled thrillers....
Over in the UK however, the most watched television broadcast of the year was.... The X-factor final... In a world where we seem to thrive on "reality" tv shows this is not surprising... the final had an audience of 13.7 million people, topping the Royal Wedding which, was, until X-factor the most watched broadcast of the year with 13.5 million viewers.
Infact the top ten most watched programs ( not throughout the whole series but based on ONE episode/viewing) included ITV1's reality show hits I'm a Celebrity and Britain's Got Talent, BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing, the Valentine's Day episode of Coronation Street and EastEnders.
Strange that at no point on any website i looked at, the News appeared as a most watched program... is this because we can now easily see and reach the news through powers such as the internet? That news programs on tv are slowly loosing importance?
Maybe so.. but im sure that wont stop my Grandma watching.
Haha
x
Monday, 30 January 2012
Friday, 20 January 2012
Is Facebook taking over our lives?
Okay, I for one spend far too much time constantly refreshing my homepage on facebook, and everymorning checking it on my phone is the first thing i do.
Waste of time, definately. Addictive? Hell yes.
Well, According to the official Facebook statistics page (http://www.facebook.com/
Now this is average, and im not sure wether they mean, actually engaging on facebook, or simply having it open on your browser. A lot of people i know ( roughly about the same age) will have facebook open the WHOLE time they're on their computer, so for HOURS a day...
One report i read however - "http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2026086/Facebook-Young-people-spend-time-online-theyre-lonely-elderly.html"
States that even though we teenagers/youngadults spend so much time sitting on Facebook,catching up with friends that people are actually LONELY, of course there is a massive difference between typing to someone, and actually talking to them in person. But still the fact that "Sixty per cent said they found it difficult to make friends 'in real life' compared with online and a similar number (69 per cent) said they believe that Britain is an unfriendly place to live." Is shocking!!
Are teenagers now so engrossed in Facebook and that way of communicating that social skills are being damaged? That they cant comfortable have a conversation or meet someone new? ( When random facebook adds leading to a strange sort of "online" friendship are common)
Is this really what the future holds as technology builds? That people are much more comfortable behind a screen than outside?
Its a strange thought, and one i hope wont turn out to be true.
Waste of time, definately. Addictive? Hell yes.
Well, According to the official Facebook statistics page (http://www.facebook.com/
Now this is average, and im not sure wether they mean, actually engaging on facebook, or simply having it open on your browser. A lot of people i know ( roughly about the same age) will have facebook open the WHOLE time they're on their computer, so for HOURS a day...
One report i read however - "http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2026086/Facebook-Young-people-spend-time-online-theyre-lonely-elderly.html"
States that even though we teenagers/youngadults spend so much time sitting on Facebook,catching up with friends that people are actually LONELY, of course there is a massive difference between typing to someone, and actually talking to them in person. But still the fact that "Sixty per cent said they found it difficult to make friends 'in real life' compared with online and a similar number (69 per cent) said they believe that Britain is an unfriendly place to live." Is shocking!!
Are teenagers now so engrossed in Facebook and that way of communicating that social skills are being damaged? That they cant comfortable have a conversation or meet someone new? ( When random facebook adds leading to a strange sort of "online" friendship are common)
Is this really what the future holds as technology builds? That people are much more comfortable behind a screen than outside?
Its a strange thought, and one i hope wont turn out to be true.
Tuesday, 27 December 2011
TV
All these studies have been performed in the USA
It’s clear that people tend to watch more TV as they age with the only dip occurring between 2-11 and 12-17 years old. Some interesting data points help contextualize this:
• Teens between 12 and 17 – the group that watches the least amount of TV - watch a staggering 23 hours and 24 minutes of TV a week. That works out to 3.3 hours daily – so basically 13.9%, or more than 1/8th of their life watching TV.
• Adults 65 and older watch the most TV averaging 47 hours and 21 minutes per week. That works out to 6.7 hours of TV per day, or 28.1%, more than 1/4 of their life watching TV – more than double the lowest age group.
Possible effects of this massive amount of time watching television ( most commonly seen as issues to children but can apply to all)
=The number of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese has doubled in the past 20 years in the U.S - A number of studies have linked being overweight with TV watching, because it both reduces children's physical activity and subjects them to ads promoting foods with high fat and sugar content.
= About 85% of the children who develop diabetes are overweight, according to the AAP, making excess weight a strong risk factor for this chronic illness.
Other medical problems found in overweight children include high blood pressure, heart problems, high cholesterol, and depression and low self-esteem.
There is an 80% chance that obese teenagers will grow into obese adults and face all the serious health effects and life-span risks associated with that condition.
= TV characters often depict risky behaviors, such as smoking and drinking, and also reinforce gender-role and racial stereotypes.
It’s clear that people tend to watch more TV as they age with the only dip occurring between 2-11 and 12-17 years old. Some interesting data points help contextualize this:
• Teens between 12 and 17 – the group that watches the least amount of TV - watch a staggering 23 hours and 24 minutes of TV a week. That works out to 3.3 hours daily – so basically 13.9%, or more than 1/8th of their life watching TV.
• Adults 65 and older watch the most TV averaging 47 hours and 21 minutes per week. That works out to 6.7 hours of TV per day, or 28.1%, more than 1/4 of their life watching TV – more than double the lowest age group.
Possible effects of this massive amount of time watching television ( most commonly seen as issues to children but can apply to all)
=The number of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese has doubled in the past 20 years in the U.S - A number of studies have linked being overweight with TV watching, because it both reduces children's physical activity and subjects them to ads promoting foods with high fat and sugar content.
= About 85% of the children who develop diabetes are overweight, according to the AAP, making excess weight a strong risk factor for this chronic illness.
Other medical problems found in overweight children include high blood pressure, heart problems, high cholesterol, and depression and low self-esteem.
There is an 80% chance that obese teenagers will grow into obese adults and face all the serious health effects and life-span risks associated with that condition.
= TV characters often depict risky behaviors, such as smoking and drinking, and also reinforce gender-role and racial stereotypes.
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